Courtesy of Judith Gregg Librarian Catherine Arbogast heads out with a personalized book delivery from the Los Altos main library.

Love of learning and curiosity about the world sometimes grow only more urgent as a person spends more and more time at home, limited by age, health condition, or both. Librarians head out from the Los Altos main l...

Already known as an innovator in the tech field, Google Inc. is now moving in on the art world.

The Mountain View-based company July 11 launched the “Paint the Town” contest, a “moving art experiment” that invites California residents over the age of 13 to submit physical or digital artwork that would decorate the door...

Traci Newell/Town Crier The six-week, tuition-free Stretch to Kindergarten program, hosted at Bullis Charter School, serves children who have not attended preschool. A teacher leads children in singing about the parts of a butterfly, above.

courtesy of Rishi Bommannan Rishi Bommannan cycled from Bates College in Maine to his home in Los Altos Hills, taking several selfies along the way. He also raised nearly $13,000 for the Livestrong Foundation, which supports cancer patients.

The Town Crier’s recent article on coyotes venturing down from the foothills in search of sustenance referenced the organization Project Coyote (“Recent coyote attacks keep residents on edge,” July 1). Do not waste your time contac...

Photos by Alicia Castro/Town Crier Local residents participate in an exercise class at the Grant Park Senior Center, above. Betsy Reeves, below left with Gail Enenstein, lobbied for senior programming in south Los Altos.

Grace Wilson Franks, our beloved mother and grandmother, left us peacefully on July 16, 2015 just a few weeks short of her 92nd birthday. She was born to Ross and Florence (Cruzan) Wilson in rural Tulare, California on Septem...

Most of us have a place inside our hearts and minds that occasionally causes us trouble. For some, it is sadness, depression or despair. For others, it may be fear, anger, resentment or myriad other emotional “dark places” that at times seem to hij...

Troop 22 scouts attain Eagle rank

Five members of the Pacific Skyline Council, Stanford District Troop 22, have attained the rank of Eagle Scout. They received their awards Sunday at an Eagle Scout Court of Honor ceremony.

The new Eagle Scouts are:

• Matthew Hulse, 15, a sophomore at Mountain View High School. For his Eagle project, Matthew built a large redwood bark tepee at the Ohlone Indian Village at Deer Hollow Farm at Rancho San Antonio Open Preserve. The tepee has a 10-foot diameter base and is 12 feet high. The project cost $2,000 and was funded by Big Creek Lumber, Friends of Deer Hollow Farm, Rancho San Antonio and private donors.

• Chandler Nelson, 18, a senior at Pinewood School. Nelson worked with Operation: Care and Comfort, a nonprofit organization that supports up to 200 military units on a monthly basis. With private donations and a group of volunteers, Nelson assembled care packages to send to U.S. military service members serving in Afghanistan.

• Nathan Larson, 15, a sophomore at Los Altos High. Nathan completed his Eagle project in Cincinnati last spring, before his family relocated to Los Altos. With assistance from his Boy Scout troop and family members, he extended and made improvements to a hiking trail along the Little Miami River in Loveland, Ohio.

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